How To Install libpmemblk-debug on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemblk-debug on CentOS 7. libpmemblk-debug is Debug variant of the Persistent Memory Resident Array of Blocks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemblk-debug on CentOS 7.

What is libpmemblk-debug

The libpmemblk implements a pmem-resident array of blocks, all the same size, where a block is updated atomically with respect to power failure or program interruption (no torn blocks). This sub-package contains debug variant of the library, providing run-time assertions and trace points. The typical way to access the debug version is to set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/lib64/pmdk_debug.

We can use yum or dnf to install libpmemblk-debug on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libpmemblk-debug.

Install libpmemblk-debug on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libpmemblk-debug using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libpmemblk-debug

Install libpmemblk-debug on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libpmemblk-debug using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libpmemblk-debug

How To Uninstall libpmemblk-debug on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libpmemblk-debug package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libpmemblk-debug

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpmemblk-debug on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.